The farewell

It is coming.Creeping closer,welling up and inescapable.The series of events is snaking its way deeper into the consciousness and making every passing moment something to treasure.The ceremony of signing lab aprons is scheduled for tomorrow.One more step to that welcome dreaded day.The first  sari has been bought with the enthusiasm of a lark and accessories have all been lined up.One of these days she is going to wear that sari and dance her feet to tiredness  at the farewell party.That will be the last day at school.And it just seems the other day when we stared at each other with held back tears and separated tortuously by Sr in-charge at the door  of the class KG-I.Fourteen years just swished by.I tried to fool myself  by unsuccessfully thinking  that it is too far in the future.But it is here!At our doorsteps.The scene of KG-I is going to be repeated once again.Now at the station.However ,this time there is an eager and bursting desire to go out there in the world and do something she would loved to.I know that her tears will soon give way to big dreams and their realizations.Puppa will be left behind when she will soar.In just five months she will leave home as all daughters do.Of course ,she will be returning  but to leave again.And both of us will be sitting quietly in our respective reveries praying for our little one's safety and success.God bless you my doll.The farewell is here.